Good morning.
*Please forgive the grammatical errors.
Faith over politics, this is my number one worry with this new Pope, will he keep faith over politics. I already saw one Cardinal say he voted for (the now) Pope Leo XIV because he hoped this Pope would "build a bridge between the church and Trump", which is safe to assume he means that giant orange inflatable tube donkey currently sitting in the White House. For this reason among others, an American Pope is a huge mistake in my very humble opinion. If I were a gambling woman, which I'm not, but if I were, the only reason for these Cardinals to vote for an American Pope is to get the church to align with our dumpster fire president. And before anyone challenges my concerns I'll just remind you of all the "WOOoooo! The new Pope is American!" screams as if Pope Leo just won the Superbowl rather than being elected the Papacy. It don't get more Trump-y American than that unless the Pope also signs a sponsorship contract with McDonalds. As a protestant I'll never bow down to a Pope but I respected Pope Francis for not aligning himself with Trump-o. Being a protestant, this was my first time seeing and being spiritually invested in Conclave, and it was... Well, it was... I mean... are they all like this? All the cheering and flags felt like it was the world cup.
There are automatic political stances I totally expect from the Vatican and all Popes as these are standard Catholic staples:
Anti-abortion
Anti-gay rights
Anti-divorce
Anti-birth control
Etc.
This is not going to change. It's been what Catholics believe and preach since day 1. However, Pope Francis also followed the doctrine of peace and love. That's not just some hippie saying, that's actually in the Bible, repeatedly. It's the teachings of Christ. Among the many other things that separates protestants from Catholics, following the teachings of the Bible and not solely the resurrection (which is self serving for Catholic clergy) is a biggie. I cannot stress enough the importance of a bible based church.
AND LOOK
I'm pro gay rights and birth control. I don't like abortion but it's a necessary evil. Who's flipping the bill every time an unwanted child is born? Who's flipping the bill when all those unwanted children turn into unwanted homeless adults? 5K for women to give birth? Are you crazy? One million dollars to give birth is an incentive, though it goes completely against the church to have children unless you have first taken a marital vow before God, no out of wedlock children, which Rump-o would know if anyone in his administration were an actual Christian. When it comes to marriage I'm very conservative. Marriage is a vow before God to love, honor, and cherish each other until death do you part, or why do it all. Stay single if you can't hold a marital vow before God. It's still a (somewhat) free country. No one is forcing you to get married. Stay single if you can't keep a vow before God, tRump! I take vows very serious. I'm a firm believer that marriage is between two people, and two people only. None of this "open marriage" nonsense. I firmly believe if you're going to raise children one parent stays home while the other works, although in this day and age remote work is an option as long as the children aren't being neglected.
I got off track.
Regarding an American Pope, I just don't want to see the radicals (both left and right) get even more hysterically insane which, unfortunately, Popes have the power to fuel by their allegiances, and since this Pope is American I can't help but be concerned which allegiance he pledges to first, God or country. According to the constitution laws aren't supposed to be made based on religion yet here we are. Abortion is banned (according to Google) in 41 states, because of religion, and that orange dongleberry isn't even a Christian. I detest hypocrisy.
Do we follow each other on social media? My twitter (X) page is 98% hiking/walking photos. I'm online pals with other nature enthusiasts. Hailing from land of "ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow" well, not really, but back in the day my home state of Minnesota was nothing but actual legit 7 foot tall Scandinavian Vikings and brutal winters. Also explains why I married at 6 foot tall blonde hair, blue eyed Swede. I grew up with slingshots, archery, and snowshoes, but back in the 70's that was called survival training in -20 degree winters with -20 degree windchill. After my stroke/s in 2021, and I say "stroke/s" because while I was about to have a massive stroke on February 26, 2021, the ER neurologist came to my room explained to me while showing an x-ray of my brain, "This is the stroke you're having now. And this is the stroke you had within the last week. See how it's still lit up in your brain. We're going to try stopping the stroke you're having now." And they did stop the second stroke as it was happening which is why I only lost 30% of both leg use instead of being confined to a wheelchair. Medicine is amazing. God bless those who go into it! And so, as part of my ongoing recovery and mental health, I love sharing photos of my hikes and travels with fellow hikers and travelers. We all exchange travel info and photos and it helps keep us motivated. It's fun. Just recently however, one traveler, a gal in Montana, after a year of sharing photos online, rando blocked me from her page. I later learned it's because she's a tRump supporter and she read this blog where I'm constantly calling him a giant orange dongleberry, so she blocked me.
LOOK
In the grand scheme of things, be a Christian, don't be a Christian, be a Republican, don't be a Republican, whatever, if we have something else in common besides politics and religion, like hiking and photography, then lets focus on that, but no, she didn't want to. Calling tRump the orange Don of Dongleberia hurt her feelings for some reason. She took it personal. Meh, what can you do.
MOVING ON
I have been avoiding (film) Conclave but broke down and watched it, and that particular thing would never happen now. I don't recall the exact time I first read about it, but it is said the church has historic records of that very thing had actually happened in the Catholic Church, once, one time, though as you can imagine the church vehemently denies it. Not the first time the church has been in denial, eh? Regardless, Hollywood took artistic license when making this film and as annoying as it was that the movie went in this direction, people should always remember it's just a movie. Conservative media getting all up-in-arms over a film. Okay, whatever, Tipper!
BUT
Now that I've calmed down I'm going to give Pope Leo the XIV the benefit of the doubt. Just please do not align yourself with that heartless, Godless, useless orange pathetic excuse for a man.
For people not understanding the Midwest social media joke about Pope Leo the XIV "Putting the ope in Pope", in the Midwest, because the Pope is from from Chicago, the Midwest "ope!" is an exclamation used for many things. Someone tosses you a pen and you miss catching it, "ope!" When your knees crack as you stand up after sitting for an hour, "ope!" If you miss the highway exit, "Ope!" Followed by "Dang it!" And if you miss the highway exit a second time, "Ope! Dang it! What the heck!"
AND
That woman (whose name I won't say) the one that raised 750K for calling a little boy the N-word at a Minnesota park, the entitled woman who thinks her racism should earn her a 1M dollars, is reportedly being socially defended by the GiveSendGo CFO, Jacob Wells. Both this woman and Mr. Wells will have to square their actions with God one day and believe me God will come to collect. I will never understand how people throw their money away on others for their bad behavior. Pretty soon Jeff Besoz will have to go to a rando Starbucks and lose his mind on a (pick a minority) to keep up with the Joneses.
I don't care how much of an entitled Karen you think you are, never assault a child. Never, never, ever. No excuse for it. You're an adult! You should know better. Commandment #8: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. (And then profit!) See, you would know and practice that commandment if you were an actual Christian. Anyyywayy...
Ten Commandments, people. Not that hard. There's only ten.
Tomorrow I head back to my beloved desert. Even in the city at 4am I'm about to throw on the AC. "Don't say it, Lisa. Don't say it."
OH, I'm saying it!
Hot enough for you? Yeah, but it's a dry heat!
I pray thee, from the inmost of my heart, to forgive me all my sins wherewith I have ever provoked thee, and to quicken my heart with thy spirit, that I may daily grow and increase in thy knowledge. Amen.
God bless.
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